SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. AND THAT INCLUDES ONE TANGIPAHOA PARISH SUBDIVISION.. WHERE RESIDENTS SAY THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH DRAINAGE ISSUES FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR. WDSU NORTH SHORE REPORTER HEATH ALLEN TALKED TO RESIDENTS BEDICO MEADOWS. It's not right. I don't know whose fault it is but somebody needs to fix it. somebody needs to fix it. DON MARSHALL SAYS PARTS OF BEDICO MEADOWS LOOKS LIKE THIS EVEN AFTER A MODERATE.. AND THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL THIS PAST WEEKEND. IT ISN'T A NEW PROBLEM.. AND RESIDENTS WANT SOMETHING DONE. Even moderately. It doesn't have to be a real heavy rain like it was last weekend, this past weekend, but if it rains moderately it just floods. This whole area right here becomes at least a foot, foot and a half of water. When we get heavy rains we get water that comes up to the base of the garage and as cars go down the street, we risk getting wakes pushed into the garage and into the front door, and that's happened four times in 11 months. PARISH OFFICIALS KNOW ABOUT THEIR PROBLEM.. AND MANY OTHERS ACROSS TANGIPAHOA PARISH.. ISSUES THAT REAR THEMSELVES WHEN THE RAINS JUST WON'T SEEM TO GO AWAY. You interrupted me from complaints that I was already on. People's yards are not draining, road side ditches are filling, and of course there's debris and so forth collecting in the ditches, and day after day of rain, it just gets overwhelming. IT'S A CHALLENGING ISSUE IN A SUBDIVISION WITH SOME MANY HOMES.. AND MORE GOING UP ALL THE TIME. There's about 500 homes out there and of course when water falls on a roof top or driveway it strictly runs off. It doesn't slow down. THE SUBDIVISION RELIES ON A COUPLE OF HUGE RETENTION PONDS.. THAT HOLDS ALL OF THAT RAIN WATER.. UNTIL IT CAN DRAIN WITHOUT FLOODING. THE WATER ULTIMATELY FINDS ITS WAY TO BEDICO CREEK.. CONNECTED BY A SERIES OF CANALS. TO DO ANY WORK THERE COULD TAKE APPROVAL FROM THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Even though we've done a number of projects, each time you go back to the Corps it's a process you've got to go through. You've got to identify, and it has to be reviewed and typically like you said it's not an overnight process. PARISH OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY CAN GIVE RESIDENTS SOME RELIEF .. JUST EXACTLY WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.. THEY WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND PUT EYES ON IT. WHEN THE RAIN LETS UP. ON YOUR SIDE IN BEDICO.. HEATH ALLEN WDSU THE PROBLEM NOW.. ACCORDING TO TANGIPAHOA PARISH OFFICIALS.. THE GROUND IS SATURATED.. AND MAKING DRAINAGE THAT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT AS LONG AS THE RAIN CONTINUES. AND IT IS OFFICIALLY HURRICANE